Unless you’ve been holed up on the Applachian Trail for the past week you could not have missed the biggest business news story since the invention of sliced bread. Last Friday the King Kong of online retail, Amazon announced it will be buying the Godzilla of Natural and Organic foods, Whole Foods Markets for 13.7 billion in cash. To put 13.7 billion into perspective, it’s like stacking every American’s Whole Paycheck on top of each other. This stack of Whole Paychecks would reach the Singularity, Jeff Bezos’ Amazon Prime!

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“[H]istoric facts and figures about jazz with a fairly complete survey of its origins in slave songs, spirituals, minstrel shows, and Storyville flesh dens, as well as a chronicle of the rise of New Orleans trumpeter Louis Armstrong.” —Publishers Weekly (BookLife)

"It’s interesting to learn that Gershwin’s folk opera, Porgy and Bess, was initially a financial failure, and Gerber also delves into other aspects of Gershwin’s life, including his dietary habits, his relationships with women, and his love for fine art" --
Kirkus Reviews (recommended review)